Effects of Cimetidine on Acute Gastric Mucosal Injury Induced by Ischemia-Reperf usion in Rats

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We investigated the effects of cimetidine on acute gastric mucosal injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion in rats. Under pentobarbital anesthesia, the celiac artery was clamped for 30 min and reperfused for 60 min. Cimetidine, famotidine and omeprazole caused a dose-dependent suppression in the total area of erosions that were induced by ischemia-reperfusion. Whereas, none of them inhibited the increase in thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances in the stomach, as an index of lipid peroxidation. The inhibitory effect of intraperitoneally administered cimetidine on mucosal damage was abolished by continuous luminal perfusion with HC1 solution (pH 1.5, 1 ml/min) during ischemia-reperfusion, while luminal perfusion with the solution containing HC1 and cimetidine (3 mmol/l) significantly reduced the total area of erosions compared to luminal perfusion with HC1 solution alone. Cimetidine (3 mmol/l) inhibited hydroxyl radical-induced lipid peroxidation of human erythrocyte membranes by 60% in vitro. These results indicate that cimetidine possesses a protective effect against acute gastric mucosal injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion not only due to the suppression in gastric acid secretion, but also due to the antioxidant action when it is present at a high concentration in the intragastric environment.

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